Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-14

spectators on the sidewalk. In half an hou
more Marshal Hepp halted the procession
at the Wisconsin Central depot and tn
collins of the men who had paid the penalt
OF murder on the gallows and that of Loui
Ling, the bombmaker and suicide, wer
borne on the shoulders of the pallbearer
through side entrance of the depot and de
posted In combination baggage and smok
ing car, to which was attached an engin
ready to start for Waldheim cemetery. In
side the depot were three thousand peopl'
pushing and jostling each other in a mao
rush to gain seats in the train. On the mali
track stood the first train which was to leave
| for the cemetery. It consisted of fifteen
coaches besides the baggage car containing
the collins In the first passenger coach
Zandt, Mrs. Spies, Augustus mother, Gretchen
his sister, and Ferdinand and Chris, the two
| brothers, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Engel and he1
| children and Mrs. Fischer and her two
babies The next coach was chartered by
| the Aurora Turn Verein. The rest of the
cars were filed with the miscellaneous throng
who filled ever seat and completely choked
| up the aisles. Three other trains were made
up and yet all who would have liked to have
gone to the cemetery could not be accommo-
dated. In all forty coach loads were taken
out.
So dense was the crowd on the tracks that
when the train pulled out of the depot it was
at snail's pace. The engine kept up a
hooting as it neared the principal street
crossing where many curious people stood
watching the sight. Out through the Bohe-
milan districts the wheels rolled and as the
slowly moving train passed by many women
whose husbands had taken part in the rioting
scenes of May, 1886, peered out of windows
and over back fences to get glimpse of the
car in which were the remains of those who
had preached anarchy to their spouses and
led them IN many strike. Western avenue
was reached and locking south down the
thoroughfare could be seen the tall smoke
stack and high belfry of McCormick's great
reaper works. Here it was, at the intersec-
ton of Blue Island avenue or as it is called
the Black road, that on the afternoon of May
3, 1886, August Spies delivered his famous
speech by which he SO wrought up his listen
ers that an attack was made on the works
and a battle with the police ensued. From
this point out to Waldheim there was no in
cident of special note, and when the train
halted at the road leading to the cemetery
the passengers rushed out of the cars and ran
pell NELL to the burial grounds.
Each casket was borne from the depot up
on the shoulders of eight men and the pro
cession was headed by four women in deep
mourning upon whose shoulders rested an
immense floral crown with smaller one of
crepe in the interior. The collins were
placed upon platform that was erected in
front of the receiving vault and the fifteen
thousand spectators gathered around. The
shadows of evening were falling as Captain
Black stepped forward and raised his hand.
Hats were taken off and silence fell upon the
throng. The counsel for the men whose re-
mains remained at his feet spoke at length.
He told his hearers that they had come to do
honor to the soldiers and martys to truth The
dead had lost their lives in her service and
were numbered with those that in all history
had died for the same cause. They believed
there were social conditions in this country
that had wrought great injustice to a large
part of the people and with purity of soul
and singleness of purpose had devoted them
selves to the cure of what they
thought was great wrong. Their
race and they longed to help it. They were
kind-hearted, tender, manly, noble men.
They loved humanity. They worshfped
God by striving their utmost to benefit their
fellow men and it was in this strife they
offered up their lives. Captain Black ended
his address by reading an anonymous poem
reciting the virtues of the deceased.
He was followed by Robert Reizel of De
troit, who spoke in German: He said: 'tI
came here with the intention of making
charge against the workingmen of Chicago
because they allowed five of their best men |
to be murdered in their midst (sensation and |
cries of 'bravo'), but everybody is not an |
heroic spirit like Louis Lingg, who felt that |
IN such moments the instincts of self-preser- |
Vation would have been cowardice in a fight |
against a society that is based upon robbery |
and sustained by murder renewed yelling |
BY the crowd). 1 cannot say more than that |
they died for justice"
L. ]. Morgan, local Socialist leader of |
English birth, made a violent harangue. |
He said there could be nothing but contempt |
or the law which hung the Anarchists An |
excited listener shouted, Throttle the law" |
Morgan spoke in most bitter terms of Inspeo- |
or Bonfeld, States Attorney Grinnell and |
Judge Gary. Part Of the listeners did not |
.elish much of Morgan's remarks and when |
le asked how the wrongs of the working /
lass could be righted many shouted, "By /
he ballots" The last speech was in German /
~ Albert Curtin, formerly of the Arbeiter
1eitung. He scarcely got start when |
Captain Black stepped forward and laid
lis hand on the speakers arm. |
t was now pitch dark in the graveyard and |
he people were being wrought up to high |
ension of excitement by the oratory and the |
Captain Black announced |
hat the ceremonies were closed. The collins /
# the five Anarchists were then carried into
he vault and at once there was a wild STAN
lede for the train.